Baseball Roadtrip - Day 2

We started Day 2 of our baseball roadtrip in San Francisco, leaving early for Anaheim. It was another long day of driving, and not quite as scenic as the day before. We did have a short period of driving through mountains (up to 4400 ft.) where Brad's hands were sweaty and he was scared. But soon enough we caught a beautiful view and it made it all a little better. Here's a glimpse of what we saw:

The drive was fairly uneventful, except for the moment when I was blogging about Day 1 and Brad mentions he's going North instead of South. We remedied that fairly quickly and got back on route to Anaheim.

We arrived in Anaheim around 3 and settled into the hotel, just a mile or so from Angel Stadium. We drove over to the ballpark and were greeted with $5 parking, which is always a nice surprise! Here's a pic of our entrance into the stadium:

The weather during the game was unbelievable! The sun was out for a while but it was nice and cool. Brad caught a batting practice home run ball, so that was pretty exciting! We also got to experience a fly over before the game, while Michael Johns from American Idol sang the Star Spangled Banner. (Is it us, or is there something wrong with a non-American singing the national anthem, especially on Independence Day?) The fly over was cool - not like one I've seen before. Very slow and quite - but a pretty huge aircraft. Here's a pic.

It was a pretty long game, 3 hours and 15 minutes, but the weather and atmosphere really made it enjoyable. The night ended with a fantastic July 4th fireworks show in the ballpark...there's nothing like a watching a firework show in 70 degree weather!

AT&T Park and Angel Stadium are by far the top two ballparks of this trip so far!Just for fun, here are a few highlights of the day:

Question of the day (from Brad): Could a bear catch Callie?
Food of the day: Found a Baja Fresh on the trip to Anaheim (my favorite!)
What Cindy learned from Brad: when he says "Sounds good" it basically means "I don't care"

Hometeam Record: 2-0